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Cloud Foundry API access from Postman

souvikroy — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 02:51:07 GMT

I need to access multiple cloud foundry APIs e.g. List all the spaces by . I am trying to call the API from Postman as I need to call the same API from a custom application.

I am able to access the cloud foundry info API with all details as it does not need the bearer token but wherever it needs bearer token, I am stuck.

API documentation : https://apidocs.cloudfoundry.org/2.1.0/spaces/list_all_spaces.html

But I am not able to authenticate the request from postman. How will I be able to generate the bearer token from Postman for the API listed above?

We use custom IDP and SSO to login to cloud foundry. From CF CLI, I am easily able to login to space.

Re: Cloud Foundry API access from Postman

Jwan_24 — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 06:37:39 GMT

Hello Souvik,

a hint to solve it: you need to send a GET request to the token service url. This url will output the bearer token, that gets generated

Test it and let me know

BR
Jwan

Re: Cloud Foundry API access from Postman

souvikroy — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 14:56:09 GMT

Thanks Jwan for that. yes, I already tried that with the token service URL but I am not sure what will be the client id and client secret to be passed as I am using SSO.

Re: Cloud Foundry API access from Postman

Dinu — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 15:28:00 GMT

The easiest way to generate a token for accessing the apis is using cf cli. Use the command 'cf oauth-token'. Easiest way to check out the cf appis is also using cf CLI with command 'cf curl <api>' .

If you want your application to access the api, you will have to do what is done here in the HANA Academy video where routes are created automatically using cf apis. This is a good sample of how to do it.